Possum is 20 months old so hopefully your daughter will get more from it when she’s a little older. Please allow me to suggest a few other ideas to you from my blog. Use the tissues to partially hide other playthings, like the Organic Cotton Rainbow Ball from The Play Kits. Does your baby try to find it? This is an early lesson in object permanence, or the idea that even if something disappears for a while, it still exists. You can help your baby understand this concept by narrating as you play: “Where is the ball? Do you see it anywhere? Oh! There it is—it’s under the tissue!” Tactile exploration In photo: Magic Tissues from The Senser Play Kit in the Treasure Basket from The Inspector Play Kit Baby will love to dip their hand into this box filled with 10 square tissues with multiple textures! 10 colourful tissues to touch and scrunch to develop tactile senses. Faux fur, cotton gauze, voile, crinkly paper... so many sensations that they'll love to discover with this box of sensory tissues. Thanks Leanne. Absolutely, DIY stands for ‘Do It Yourself’, so it’s not something you’d buy from the shop, you’d make it yourself. I love when an idea works! Possum was really curious about her little tugging box and was asking for the for many days after. Love that. 🙂

Sensory Tissue Box in Fabric - blue medium solid with design

P.s. research the position in which your tiny stays, I read something awful about it. Very bad for the hips. Very, very bad.So much learning can be achieved by making a simple tugging box for young toddlers. Does your toddler like to pull at things?

Sensory Tissue Box - Etsy UK

Oh that is such a lovely thing to say Kelly, thank you. What a compliment. I’m sure you would have done some terrific things with your children when they were little. Babies love pulling facial tissues out of a box, one by one. The problem is, they also love putting the tissues in their mouth 🙃 Mouthing is one of the primary ways your baby learns about the world around them; it’s their first form of play. That’s why we created our Magic Tissue Box with organic cotton tissues that are safe to mouth.The Senser Play Kit will engage your 5-6 month old baby in sensory exploration as they learn more about cause and effect and establish neural networks based on sound and sight. Learn more 5 ways to play with the Magic Tissue Box: Object permanence Thanks so much for the pin. My little girl ADORED this idea and has asked for it everyday since we used it. Extend your baby’s understanding of object permanence with a game of peekaboo. Cover your face with one of the Magic Tissues and after a moment, peek out from behind it. “Where did Mama go? Here I am!”

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Thread various lengths of ribbon through two holes and tie knots at the ends. Use a pipe cleaner (as shown above) to help with threading.